130 likes | 249 Views
Male Employment by age – US, FR and UK 2007. Bozio, Blundell and Laroque. Male Employment by age UK: 1975 - 2005. Bozio, Blundell and Laroque. Male Hours by age – US, FR and UK 2005. Bozio, Blundell and Laroque. Female Employment by age in the UK – 1975 - 2005. Bozio, Blundell and Laroque.
E N D
Male Employment by age – US, FR and UK 2007 Bozio, Blundell and Laroque
Male Employment by age UK: 1975 - 2005 Bozio, Blundell and Laroque
Male Hours by age – US, FR and UK 2005 Bozio, Blundell and Laroque
Female Employment by age in the UK – 1975 - 2005 Bozio, Blundell and Laroque
Female Hours by age – US, FR and UK 2005 Bozio, Blundell and Laroque
Top incomes and taxable income elasticities Source: MR, UK SPI (tax return data)
Net Income, Number of Equivalent Adults per Household Source: UK FES 1974-2006
Consumption and Needs Source: UK FES 1974-2006
The interaction of WFTC with other benefits in the UK Strong implications for EMTRs, PTRs and labour supply
What about the size of labour supply responses?Structural Model Elasticities– lower educated lone parents (a) Youngest Child Aged 11-18 Note: Similar strong extensive margin responses for men in ‘pre-retirement’ period using structural retirement models and for married women with children. Blundell and Shephard (2009)
Importance of take-up and information/hassle costs Variation in take-up probability with entitlement to FC/WFTC 1 .8 .6 Probability of take-up .4 .2 0 0 50 100 150 200 FC/WFTC entitlement (£/week, 2002 prices) Lone parents Couples
What about the size of labour supply responses?Structural Model Elasticities – lower educated lone parents (c) Youngest Child Aged 0-4 Differences in these intensive and extensive margins by age and demographics have strong implications for the design of the tax schedule...